Doubtless there are volumes of comments and opinions expressed about yesterday’s dramatic decision by Kevin Rudd to resign as foreign minister. I don’t claim any special insight, but it is an occasion that I should note here in passing.(more…)

At Common Dreams, John Acherson, argues that the ” United States is headed towards a dystopic plutocracy”. The reason, he says, is because “the country is running on lies, myths, deceptions and distractions” So what is new and what is different?(more…)

Perhaps it is the case that the Australian Government is subservient and supine in the face of the American military-industrial complex, as John Pilger suggests, but it is clear that Iran is proactively responding to the pressures of global imperialism.(more…)

Over the last weeks, almost every day it has rained. Sunny days without rain have been rare. The positive side to these circumstances is that there have not been bushfires and the water storages are relatively full.(more…)

We might not be able to comprehend infinity, although at least 78 million light years might well be infinity for practical purposes, although it has a beginning and an end, and measures across the Galaxy.(more…)

What explanatory power, if any, does the research findings have that people with less cognitive skills than average are more likely to be prejudiced against others and to be attracted to conservative belief systems?(more…)